Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients

Instructions

1. 1For the Pie Crust
2. 2Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
3. 3In a food processor, combine flour, sugar and salt. Whiz together. Grate in chilled butter and drizzle in ice cold water. Mix using a fork.
4. 4Roll into a ball. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
5. 5With a rolling pin, on a well-floured surface, flatten out into a circle at least 2 inches larger than the pie pan, rolling from the center to the edge, turning and flouring the dough so it doesn't stick to the board. Roll the dough onto your rolling pin.
6. 6Unroll the dough into the pie pan without stretching. Press into pie pan.
7. 7With a small sharp paring knife, cut the dough 1 inch larger around than the pan. Fold the edge under and crimp the edge with either your fingers or the tines of a fork.
8. 8Add a round of parchment paper frilled on the edge onto the crust. Now press tin foil onto the paper, pushing it against the edge of the crust. This will keep your pie crust propped up during baking.
9. 9Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes.
10. 10Take out the tin foil and brush crust with an egg wash, Made with an egg mixed well with a tablespoon of cream. Dock the pie crust.
11. 11Add foil around the sides. Bake another 10 minutes at 425F then reduce temperature to 375 degrees and bake until the center is golden, about 15-20 minutes.
12. 12For the Filling
13. 13Whisk together the two eggs and two egg yolks in a medium bowl then set aside.
14. 14Add sugar, cornstarch, and salt to a medium pot. Whisk to combine then pour in milk and whisk again to distribute all the dry ingredients. You don't want clumps!
15. 15Place on medium high heat and whisk continuously until thickened. About 5 minutes or so.
16. 16Once mixture has thickened reduce heat to medium and continue stirring. Cook an additional 6 minutes. then remove from heat.
17. 17Time to temper the eggs! Slowly drizzle in a cup of the hot milk mixture to the eggs while whisking vigorously. Add the egg mixture to the pot while whisking and return to medium-high heat for 2 minutes of whisking over heat.
18. 18Transfer to a large bowl, add vanilla and butter and stir until butter is all melted.
19. 19Cover surface with plastic and chill to bring down to room temperature.
20. 20For the Whipped Cream Topping:
21. 21Add heavy cream, sugar and vanilla to a stand mixer. Whip on high until you reach soft peaks. I recommend making the whipped cream just before serving but you can do this in advance and chill the whole pie.
22. 22For the Assembly
23. 23Use a spatula to smooth a thin layer of the filling onto the bottom of your cooled pie shell.
24. 24Slice two to four bananas and cover bottom of pie with them.
25. 25Pour or spoon the filling into the baked pie shell consistency will depend on how much you chilled the filling. Smooth out, cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.
26. 26Add the whipped cream to the top of the pie.
27. 27Add more banana slices on top of the whipped cream just before serving.